Rival legalities : practices of international law during the Cold War / Matthew Craven, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London; Sundhya Pahuja, University of Melbourne; Gerry Simpson, London School of Economics and Political Science .

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Craven, Matthew C. R., Author.

Pahuja, Sundhya, author.

Simpson, Gerry J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law.

Cold War--Law and legislation.

Cold War.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge University Press, 2026.

Summary:

"This book offers a wholly new way of thinking about the ideas, struggles and practices that constituted the "historical" Cold War. It challenges the dominant myths about the history of the Cold War, arguing that far from being defined only by ideologically rivalry, the US and the Soviet Union were engaged in a conjoint project of world ordering"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A (Dis)United Nations, A Hesitant Inauguration

The Amero-Soviet Cold War

Practices of Diplomacy or International Law and Being Neutral

International Legal Experimentalism : Anti-Anti Colonialism and Third World Legalities

Disrupting the Cold War : Revolutionary Internationalism in the Global South

Secrets and Spies : Espionage, Surveillance and the Covert Cold War

Nuclearism : Globalising the Cold War

Fallout : Redescription, Periodisation and Aftermath

ISBN:

9781108893756